Moore pastor called 911 on May 31, 2013 as people broke into church

It’s a call never heard before by the public: a call for help from Moore describing the unbelievable lengths some people went to escape the storm. It was made on May 31, 2013, right after a tornado hit a church.

The Central Church of Christ is within eyesight of the Warren Theater in Moore and had narrowly escaped a direct hit from an EF-5 twister on May 20. Eleven days later, once again the church was in the cross-hairs after a massive two-and-a-half-mile-wide tornado tore through El Reno.

The storm then started towards the metro.

“They heard it was coming right down I-35,” said Casey Haynes, a youth minister at the church.

Drivers veered off the interstate stopping in the front lawn of the church. All of those people were desperate to get inside.

“This is Tommy Haynes with Central Church of Christ,” the pastor told a 911 dispatcher. “A lot of people kicked in our doors and came in. We know they were scared and that's OK, but we've got tons of people in our building.”

“There were just people filing in, piling in, one after the other,” Haynes said.

Thousands of people were in the church when the tornado hit.

“A lot of the auditorium was filled with people seated, the stained glass window had blown in and it was lying across the pews,” Haynes said.

No one was hurt and the church says that's what's important. Haynes said they’ve forgiven those who broke in.

“Our initial reaction was a little bit of anger followed by, 'Well, we would have probably done the same thing in that situation,'” he said

The tornado significantly damaged the church. A year later, they are still in the process of moving to a new location. The currently building will be knocked down to make way for an On-Cue gas station.

nats: AFTER A MASSIVE 2 AND A HALF MILE TORANDO TORE THROUGH EL RENO THE STORM MARCHED TOWARDS THE METRO. 1:55:21 pretty much everywhere in this building there were people in it 1:55:25 THE CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST IS WITHIN EYESIGHT OF THE WARREN THEATER AND HAD NARROWLY ESCAPED A DIRECT HIT ON MAY 20TH. ELEVEN DAYS LATER ONCE AGAIN THEY WERE IN THE CROSSHAIRS. 1:52:45 they heard it was coming right down i-35 1:52:51 DRIVERS VEERED OFF THE INTERSTATE STOPPING IN THE FRONT LAWN OF THE CHURCH. 1:54:19 there were just cars 40-50 cars 1:54:21 ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE DESPERATE TO GET INSIDE. 1:23:11 911 what's your emergency? 1:23:12 1:23:13 this is tommy haynes with central church of christ 1:23:15 1:23:19 a lot of people kicked in our doors and came in we know they were scared and that's ok but we've got tons of people in our building 1:23:24 1:52:57 there were just people filing in, piling in one after the other 1:53:00 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE IN THE CHURCH WHEN THE TORNADO HIT - - ALL PRAYING THEY WOULD SURVIVE. 1:55:40 a lot of the auditorium was filled with people seated the stained glass window over there had blown in and it was laying across the pews 1:55:48 NO ONE WAS HURT - - AND THE CHURCH SAYS THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT. THEY FORGIVEN THOSE WHO BROKE IN. 1:53:35 our initial reaction was a little bit of anger... followed by well we would have probably done the same thing in that situation 1:53:41 THAT EF-0 TORNADO SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED THE CHURCH. A YEAR LATER... THEY ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING TO A NEW LOCATION. LIVE IN THE STUDIO... KP... KOCO 5 NEWS.